Hi All!
Well, as I sit here under
my down throw I am really glad the Arkansas group rescheduled the Fun Sunday
event. With the date rescheduled, the sign up sheet is still on the bulletin
board, so if you did not signup, please make sure you do it soon so you can
enjoy some fun tennis. The soup/salad/dessert sign up sheet is also still
posted and it looks like we are going to enjoy another delicious pot luck.
Fun Sunday – January
20th
12:45 – Show up at the
tennis courts for your court assignment
1pm-3pm – Play as many or
as few of the games as you would like
5pm
– Soup/Salad/Dessert Dinner in the San Tan Room
Remember to bring your own
utensils, plates, bowls, and beverages
To
make it easy for you, if you want to take care of it right away, just email Kate ( nperrie1@yahoo.com ) and let her know the
names of the players who want to play tennis on the 20th as well as
your names and site if you would like to attend the pot luck Soup/Salad/Dessert
Pot Luck. You can attend the pot luck even if you didn’t sign up to play tennis
and non players are very welcome.
A
big thank you to the Arkansas Contingent for working so hard to make this a
great event. Now its up to us to support their efforts.
Tennis Lessons – Tuesdays
2pm– They’re free and for players of all levels!
If you have any interest
in improving your game I highly recommend you stop by courts 5-8 on Tuesdays at
2pm. Last week we worked on poaching, volleys and the ever effective drop
shot. There was also a nice contingent of people new to tennis on the beginners
court. Where can you enjoy a fun, informative, clinic for free???? Last week
we had both men and women, 3.5, 3.0, 2.5 and true beginners all working on
things to help their games. Hope to see you there on Tuesday at
2pm!!
Cancer Awareness
Tournament and Celebration Banquet
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First let me add a
correction to the contact info for Penny Jacobsen x6827 and Nancy Restum x7433 –
I had Nancy’s phone number posted incorrectly. My
apologies.
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Second – the
February 2nd dinner is free to all those who play in the cancer
awareness tennis tournament. The very reasonable $5 fee (where can you
eat out for the very reasonable price of $5 plus enjoy a very entertaining
raffle and auction???) is only for spouses and guests who are not
registered to play in the cancer awareness tennis
tournament.
As a
reminder:
The schedule of play
is:
Men's Doubles: Wednesday,
January 30, 9:00 AM
Women's Doubles:
Wednesday , January 30, 1:00 PM
Mixed Doubles: Thursday,
January 31, 9:00 AM
Rain Date: Friday, Feb
1
-Play is open to players
at all levels. You don’t even need to get a partner as a partner will be
assigned and communicated immediately prior to the start of the matches.
-Cost is $25 for one
event and $5.00 for a second event. Please make checks payable to "Palm Creek
Tennis Club" and give to Penny Jacobsen #827 or Nancy Restum
#1433.
-The Celebration Lasagna
Dinner and Raffle will be on Saturday, February 2 at 5 PM in the San Tan Room.
Spouses and guests are only $5.00 each, payable to Penny or
Nancy.
-Sign-up sheets are
posted on the bulletin board at the courts. So please sign up and support this
most worthy cause.
-Nancy and Penny have
been working very successfully to get raffle and auction items and we are going
to have quite an array of items at the February 2nd dinner so make
sure you sign up so you can participate in this very worthy cause and walk away
with some great deals!!!
People
Update
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Sadly, Jack Hardy will not
make it back this year afterall. On behalf of the tennis club, thoughts and
prayers are sent to Jack for a very speedy recovery – You will be missed. Here
is the email I recently received from Jack Hardy:
“This is to
advise you that I have had to cancel my visit to Arizona this year. My doctor
has advised that early treatment is necessary to contain a high grade cancer
tumor in my bladder(similar to what took dear Lois). Since it has been diagnosed
at an early stage he is confident that this BCG treatment could keep this tumor
from recurring.
I will really
miss the great times we have had there and wish to thank all of you everywhere
who have been so supportive.
Maybe next
year?
Cheers.
Jack”
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Jim and Lennie Weaver are
proud to share that there son Colin has recently become engaged to his beautiful
girlfriend, Fernanda. Congratulations to all!
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Roger Jensen’s wife Kathy
has had successful knee replacement surgery and she is already getting around
with a walker! Wishes for a speedy recovery.
Desert Cactus League –
Men’s League playing Wednesdays at 1p.m.
There are two teams of
Palm Creek Men playing in the Desert Cactus League. If you are free on
Wednesdays at 1pm, please stop by the tennis courts and cheer on our guys!!! A
special thanks to Dave Pratt for getting the ball rolling on our teams. And,
thanks to Dave and Larry Marik for captaining our two teams! The schedule of
play and the away teams coming to play at Palm Creek are as
follows:
1/16 vs Anthem –
White
1/23 vs Anthem –
Red
1/30 vs Robson Road
Runners
2/6 both teams playing
home matches vs Anthem White and vs Robson Aces
2/13 both teams playing
home matches vs Anthem-Red and vs Robson Net Results
2/20 vs Mission
Royale
2/27 vs Anthem
White
3/6 vs Anthem
Red
3/13 vs Mission
Royale
Men’s, Ladies and Mixed
Leagues
Our leagues have been very
popular with mixed league filling all 8 courts last week!!! Jim just told me he
expects Men’s league to also fill all 8 courts. If you are not signed up for
any of these leagues, you can still participate as a sub. Just go down to the
courts and add your name to the sub list. For more info call Connie x 6030 or
Bonita x x6900 regarding Ladies’ league, or Jim Weaver x 7284 regarding Men’s or
Mixed Leagues.
Patio
Heaters
Yes, you are seeing
correctly – there are now four patio heaters in the tennis pavillion. There are
gauges on three of them and one is already almost out of propane so they are
getting some usage. The fourth heater is the one paid for by the
park.
Ladies 3.0/3.5 Three and a
coach pilot (Tuesdays 9:30-11:00)
One of the things I
enjoyed doing in the past was playing three and a coach tennis. This is not a
lesson – this is liveball play. Quite a few of the ladies from Palm Creek
including myself played inter-club tennis at Mission Royale. When the Mission
ladies came back to AZ, we were rightfully, moved to the sub list. Instead of
waiting around to be called as a sub, and even though I should not take on any
new projects, I decided to try a pilot. I thought about why I liked the play at
Mission so much. It was because it was a chance for me to play with players
like Rhoda, Marg, etc. So, I asked Mary Ellen Halm if she would try this out
and be the “on court coach/player” to talk to us while we played actual points.
She reinforces what we are doing right and points out opportunities that we
might not be aware of. We started with two courts and have now expanded to the
maximum of three courts. Mary Ellen spends a half hour on each court and the
rest of the time we just play regular games of tennis. Right now, I have all
three courts filled with regular players, but with 11 weekly regulars you know
that we will need subs. If you would like to sub into this group, please let me
know – call me at x6459 or reply to this email.
Hope to see you on the
courts,
Kate